Picture of the Week

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"Picture of the Week" submissions were down
a bit this week — numbering less than 50 for the first time in ... um,
in recent memory. Nevertheless, there were quite a few noteworthy
submissions, including this week's winning photo from Jason Apol of
Hopkins, Michigan. Jason's winning shot was fairly representative
of this week's entries, too — most of which were taken at night and with
prolonged exposures.

But let's not leave Jason to do all the heavy lifting on his own.
We'll need your participation to get "POTW" numbers back up, so don't
forget to submit
your aviation photos. If your photo is chosen for our top
spot, you'll end up with a sharp new AVweb baseball cap. (Look for
yours in the mail soon, Jason.)

Jason Apol of Hopkins, Michigan tops
this week's contest entries with a sublime (and well-staged!) evening
photo. Jason tells us that he got the crisp colors by using a
10-second exposure — and a mag light to illuminate the edges of the
craft.

AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for
our POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Due to privacy issues,
AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos.

Inspired by
last
week's photo of Washington National Airport, Henry Holden of
Randolph, New Jersey went to the closet and dug up this treasure.
The photo was taken from a DC-3 and shows an aerial view of Georgia's
Griffin-Spalding Airport. "To get this shot," Henry writes," I
pushed the window back and almost lost the camera." (We believe
it. You can practically feel the Vertigo in this
black-and-white shot.)

We received quite a few instrument-panel shots this week — probably
inspired by
last
week's photo from Michael Burnett. This one, from
Brian Hallin of
Mundelein, Illinois, really caught our eye. This was another
extended-exposure photo (30 seconds), which is why you can see the
traces of movement on the autothrottles. (Thanks for pointing that
out to us, Brian.)

Trey Carroll of Knightstown, Indiana
had his camera handy last year at AirVenture, where he snapped this shot
of John Lane firing up the Corsair. It's a lesson we'll repeat
again before this year's show: Keep your camera with you at all
times when traveling to Oshkosh.

A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider the
source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed
authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain,
consult the
POTW
Rules or
send us an e-mail.